Andrzej Żuławski(1940-2016)

Writer
Director
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Born in Lviv, Ukraine; then he moved with his father Miroslaw Zulawski to Czechoslovakia and later Poland. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. In the 1960s, he was an assistant of the famous Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. His feature debut The Third Part of the Night (1971) was an adaptation of his father's novel. His second feature The Devil (1972) was prohibited in Poland, and Zulawski went to France. After the success of his French debut That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) in 1975, he returned to Poland where he spent two years in making On the Silver Globe (1988). The work on this film was brutally interrupted by the authorities. After that, Zulawski moved to France where he became known for his highly artistic, controversial, and very violent films. Zulawski is well known for his ability to discover and "rediscover" actresses: Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani, Valérie Kaprisky and Sophie Marceau played their best roles in his films.

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Awards
- 10 wins & 12 nominations total

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Known for

Possession

7.2

Writer(as Andrzej Zulawski)

1981

Cosmos

5.7

Writer(as Andrzej Zulawski)

2015

On the Silver Globe

7.1

Writer(as Andrzej Zulawski)

1988

The Public Woman

6.4

Writer(as Andrzej Zulawski)

1984

Credits

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Writer

Possession: Kerasukan
3.5
- based on a movie written by (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 2024
Bird Talk
5.2
- script (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 2019
Cosmos
5.7
- written by (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 2015
Fidelity
5.6
- written by (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 2000
Blue Note
6.2
- scenario (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1991
Boris Godounov
7.3
- scenario (uncredited)
- 1989
My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
6.0
- adaptation and dialogue (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1989
On the Silver Globe
7.1
- screenplay by (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1988
Malady of Love
5.7
- story (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1987
Mad Love
5.9
- script (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1985
The Public Woman
6.4
- scenario (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1984
Possession
7.2
- original screenplay
- adaptation
- dialogue (as Andrzej Zulawski, as Andrzej Zulawski, as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1981
That Most Important Thing: Love
7.0
- adaptation (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1975
The Devil
7.0
- written by (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1972
The Third Part of the Night
7.3
- screenwriter (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1971

Director

Cosmos
5.7
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 2015
Fidelity
5.6
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 2000
She-Shaman
5.8
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1996
Blue Note
6.2
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1991
Boris Godounov
7.3
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1989
My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
6.0
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1989
On the Silver Globe
7.1
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1988
Mad Love
5.9
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1985
The Public Woman
6.4
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1984
Possession
7.2
- a film by (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1981
That Most Important Thing: Love
7.0
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1975
The Devil
7.0
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1972
Theatre Macabre
5.6
TV Series
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1972
The Third Part of the Night
7.3
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1971
Pavoncello
6.6
TV Short
- Director (as Andrzej Zulawski)
- 1969

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Personal details

Official site
- Official Site
Alternative name
- Andrzej Zulawski
Born
- November 22, 1940
- Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]
Died
- February 17, 2016
- Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland(cancer)
Spouse
- Malgorzata Braunek1971 - 1976 (divorced, 1 child)
Children
- Xawery Zulawski
Other works
Book: "Sept petits films qui parlent de musique et qui n'en font qu'un". Lyon: Filigranowa. ISBN: 978-2918001041
Publicity listings

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Trivia
When the shooting of On the Silver Globe (1988) was almost completed, the communist Polish Ministry of Culture ordered to stop the filming and destroy all related materials. The negative was saved, however, and during the liberalization of the political regime in Poland in 1986-1987, Zulawski returned to the country and managed to complete the film from the spared material. Missing scenes were replaced by alternative footage and his new narration. This fragmented version was finally presented in 1988 at the Cannes Film Festival in the 'Un Certain Regard' Section.